Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of adolescents living with HIV enrolled in HIV care at three health facilities in Nampula, Mozambique, by gender

	Overall		Male (n=67, 31%)		Female (n=146, 69%)		Difference by gender

	n	%	n	%	n	%	p-value
Age, median (IQR)	18	16, 19	17	15, 18	18	17, 19	<0.001
Age at HIV diagnosis, median (IQR)	16	11, 18	12	7, 16	17	15, 18	<0.001
Age at ART initiation, median (IQR)	16	12, 18	13	9, 16	17	15, 18	<0.001
Don’t know	23	11.1	5	7.7	18	12.6	0.3
Adolescents aware of HIV status	208	97.7	65	97.0	143	98.0	0.5
Primary caregiver
Family member^A	149	70.0	64	95.5	85	58.2	<0.001
Partner (husband, boyfriend)	31	14.6	0	0.0	31	21.2
Self	30	14.1	1	1.5	29	19.9
Other	3	1.4	2	3.0	1	0.7
Primary provider of financial support
Family member^A	140	65.7	61	91.0	79	54.1	<0.001
Partner (husband, boyfriend)	59	27.7	0	0.0	59	40.4
Self	5	2.4	1	1.5	4	2.7
Other	9	4.2	5	7.5	4	2.7
Adolescent or caregiver can afford
Three meals a day	166	78.3	49	74.2	117	80.1	0.3
School fees^B	128	96.2	56	98.3	72	94.7	0.4
Visit to the doctor when you are ill	206	97.2	63	95.5	143	98.0	0.4
All of the medicines needed when you are ill	196	92.5	58	87.9	138	94.5	0.09
Social support, mean (SD)	3.45	0.57	3.51	0.48	3.42	0.62	0.3
Current school enrollment
In school	134	62.9	58	86.6	76	52.1	<0.001
Not in school	79	37.1	9	13.4	70	48.0
Highest education
None	4	1.88	0	0	4	2.74	0.2
Some Primary	64	30.05	16	23.88	48	32.88
Some Secondary	141	66.20	49	73.13	92	63.01
Some Technical or Tertiary	4	1.88	2	2.99	2	1.37
Ever been pregnant (females only)
Yes					84	57.5
No					62	42.5

Family member included mother, father, sibling, aunt/uncle, or grandparent.

Among those in school (N=133).